Medici et Medicamenta - The Medicine of Penance in Late Antiquity

Informationen zum Autor Natalie Brigit Molineaux is Assistant Professor of History, St. Joseph's College of Maine. Klappentext This book is a comprehensive historiographical survey on Christian penance and confession from the early sixteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The author charts the change from medieval practices of penance to the modern rites of penance. Zusammenfassung This book is a comprehensive historiographical survey on Christian penance and confession from the early sixteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. The author charts the change from medieval practices of penance to the modern rites of penance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Foreword by Daniel P. Sheridan Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgements Part 4 Introduction Part 5 Part One: A Survey of Modern Historiography of Penance (ca. 1500-2000) Part 6 Penance as Construct in the Modern History of Religions Part 7 From Dogmatic History to the History of Dogma (ca. 1520-1920) Part 8 Convergences and New Directions (ca. 1920-2000) Part 9 Paradigms in the New Contemporary Historiography of Penance Part 10 Part Two: A Survey of the Literature of Penance (ca. 1650 B.C.-A.D. 650) Part 11 Penance in Pre-Christian Antiquity Part 12 The Origins of Ritual Penance In Christian Antiquity Part 13 The Transformation of Penance In Late Antiquity Part 14 The Monasticization of Penance (ca. 450-650)

Product details

• Authors: Natalie Brigit Molineaux, Molineaux Natalie Brigit
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2008
• EAN: 9780761844297
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-4429-7
• No. of pages: 315
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Sacraments, Christianity, Christian life & practice, Christian sacraments